Lifting handle device for toilet seats and covers



May 4, 1943- L. OPPERER 2,318,518

LIFTING HANDLE DEVICE FOR TOILET SEATS AND COVERS Filed June 4, 1941IQJVENTOR BY/w? f. f vATTORNEY Patented May 4, 1943 UNETED STATES rarestori-Ice LIFTING HANDLE DEVICE FOR TOILET SEATS AND COVERS Louis Opperer,Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application June 4, 1941, Serial No. 396,508

5 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a liftinghandle device for a water closet having a seat pivotally mounted at itsrear and a cover for said seat also pivotally mounted at its rear.

Heretofore, it was necessary to manually touch the seat and cover formoving them upwards to their open positions.

This invention proposes a simple attachment which may be mounted on thecover` and which is provided with a movable handle operable for catchingthe seat or releasing the seat, as desired. With this arrangement it isno longer necessary to touch the seat or the cover during the openingand closing thereof.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand `accompanying drawing, and to the appended v claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a seat and cover pro- The toilet seat and coverlifting handle device,

in accordance with this invention. is applied to a l water closet havinga seat I5 pivotally mounted at its rear upon a pintle I6. This seat ispro-g l vided with the usual cover I1 which is also pivotally mounted atits rear on the pintle l5. The lifting handle device includes a bracketI8 which is attached by several fastening elements I9, such as screws,on and projecting from the cover i1. A handle 20 is movably mounted on aportion of the bracket I8. This handle is provided with a hook 2| forcatching said seat I5 and indirectly connecting the seat I5 with thecover I1 so that these parts may be moved as a unit.

The bracket I8 includes a anged portion 2| through which the fasteningelements l engage for attaching the bracket to the cover Il. The bracketI8 also includes a stem portion 22. The handle 2|! is slidably mountedon this stem portion. A ange 23 is formed on the stem 22 and limitsinward motion of the handle 25J. The stem 22 has a reduced outer endportion 24. A nut 25 is xedly mounted on the outer end of the reducedportion 24. The handle 20 has a cavity 2liV- for accommodating the nut25 so that the handle 2|) may slide outwards when desired.

Means is provided for urging the handle 2l! into one position in whichthe hook 2| normally engages the seat l5, or in another position inwhich the hook 2|v is normally disengaged from the seat I5. With thisarrangement it is possible to manually move the handle 2li for engagingor disengaging the hook 2| and the seat, as desired. This means ischaracterized by an annular member 21 which is engaged over the reducedend 24 ofthe stem 22. Theannular member 2l has a pair of diametricallyopposite projecting pins 28 which engage into bayonet slots 29 formed inthe handle 2li. A spring 3 engages against one side of the annularmember 21 and against the nut 25.. Another spring 3| engages against theotherfside of the annular member 21 and the shoulder of the stem 22immediately adjacent the base of the reduced portion 24.

The springs 3|) and 3| are so designed that with the pins 28 inthe'right hand ends of the bayonet slots 29, the spring 30 will be undercompression while the spring 3| is loose. In this Iposition of the partsthe spring 30 acts to urge the handle 2l! inwards so that the hook 2|normally engages the seat I5. In order to disengage the hook 2| from theseat I5 it is necessary that the handle 2U be manually movedvoutwards.When the pins 28 are disposed in the left hand ends of the bayonet slots29 the spring 3| will be under compression, while the spring 3|) will beloose. The spring 3| then functions to urge the handle 20 outwards vandthe parts assume the positions illustrated in Fig, 4. It is necessarythat the handle 2|) be manually moved inwards to'connect the hook 2|with the seat I5.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. In a Water closet having a seat pivotally mounted at its rear end anda cover for said seat also pivotally mounted at its rear end, a bracketattached on and projecting from said cover, a handle movably mounted onsaid bracket and provided with a hook for catching said seat andindirectly connecting it with said cover, means for urging said handleinto one position or another position for the reason described,comprising an annular member adjustably mounted within said handle, andsprings on the opposite sides of said annular member and having theirinner ends bearing against opposite sides of said annular member andtheir outer ends bearing against portions of said bracket.

2. In a water closet having a seat pivotally mounted at its rear end andaV cover for said seat also pivotally mounted at its rear end, a bracketattached to said cover and having a projecting stem, a tubular handleslidably mounted on said stem, a hook mounted on said handle and in thepushed in position of said handle said hook being engageable with saidseat locking said seat and cover together as a unit, and means forholding said handle in a pushed in operative position or in a pulled outinoperative position in which said hook is free of said seat, comprisingan annular member slidably mounted on an intermediate portion of saidstem, a spring coaxially mounted on said stem on one side of saidannular member and operating between said annular member and a stop onthe inner end of said stem, a second spring coaxially mounted -on saidstem on the other side of said annular member and operating between saidannular member and a stop on the outer end of said stem, and means forholding said annular member in one position or the other for compressingone or the other of said springs to hold said handle in either itsoperative or its inoperative position.

3. In a water closet having a seat pivotally mounted at its rear end anda cover for said seat also pivotally mounted at its rear end, a bracketattached to said cover and having a projecting stem, a tubular handleslidably mounted on said stem, a hook mounted on said handle and in thepushed in position of said handle said hook being engageable with saidseat locking said seat and cover together as a unit, and means forholding said handle in a pushed in operative position or in a pulled outinoperative position in which said hook is free of said seat, comprisingan annular member slidably mounted on an intermediate portion of saidstem, a spring coaxially mounted on said stern on one side of saidannular member and operating between said annular member and a stop onthe inner end of said stem, .a second spring coaxially mounted on saidstem on the other side of said annular member and operating between saidannular member and a stop on the outer end of said stem, and means forholding said annular member in one position or the other for compressingone or the other of said springs to hold said handle in either itsoperative or its inoperative position, said first mentioned stop,comprising an enlargement formed on the inner end of said stem.

4. In a Water closet having a seat pivotally mounted at its rear end anda cover for said seat also pivotally mounted at its rear end, a bracketattached to said cover and having a projecting stem, a tubular handleslidably mounted on said stem, a hook mounted on said handle and in thepushed in position of said handle said hook being engageable with saidseat locking said seat and cover together as a unit, and means forholding said handle in a pushed in operative position or in a pulled outinoperative position in which said hook is free of said seat, comprisingan annular member slidably mounted on an intermediate portion of saidstem, a spring coaxially mounted on said stem on one side of saidannular member and operating between said annular member and a stop onthe inner end of said stem, a second spring coaxially mounted on saidstem on the other side of said annular member and operating between saidannular member and a stop on the outer end of said stem, and means forholding said annular member in one position or the other for compressingone or the other of said springs to hold said handle in either itsoperative or its inoperative position, said last mentioned stop,comprising a nut mounted on the outer end of said stem.

5. In a water closet having a seat pivotally mounted at its rear end anda cover for said seat also pivotally mounted at its rear end, a bracketattached to said cover and having a projecting stem, a tubular handleslidably mounted on said stem, a hook mounted on said handle and in thepushed in position of said handle said hook being engageable with saidseat locking said seat and cover together as a unit, and means forholding said handle in a pushed in operative position or in a pulled outinoperative position in which said hook is free of said seat, comprisingan annular member slidably mounted on an intermediate portion of saidstem, a spring coaxially mounted on said stem on one side of saidannular member and operating between said annular member and a stop onthe inner end of said stem, a second spring coaXially mounted on saidstem on the other side of said annular member and operating between saidannular member and a stop on the outer end of said stem, and means forholding said annular member in one position or the other for compressingone or the other of said springs to hold said handle in either itsoperative or its inoperative position, said last mentioned means,comprising pins projecting from diametrically opposite sides of saidannular member and engaging complementary bayonet slots formed inopposite sides of said handle.

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